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Nigeria's FM tests positive for COVID-19

Nigeria's foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Sunday confirmed he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Onyeama said via Twitter that following the development, he was heading for i

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China Focus: Private rescue team aids Yangtze River flood relief

Huang Fumei had to leave her money and valuable items at home due to the fast-rising water level of the Yangtze River, China's longest, which has been plagued by sever

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U.S. cases soar by over 70,000 for two consecutive days: Johns Hopkins

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - NEW YORK -- The United States reported a rise of over 70,000 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Global Business Daily: 'High stakes' EU summit, TikTok removals

"The stakes couldn't be higher."That's what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told journalists in Brussels today, as the all-important leaders' summit on a bloc-wide COVID-19 recover

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Daily Crunch: More details emerge in Twitter hack

Fallout continues from this week’s big Twitter hack, podcaster Harry Stebbings launches a small VC fund and robots help with sorting the mail. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 17, 2020.T

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Veteran VC Kittu Kolluri has $216 million more to invest through his new firm, Neotribe

Kittu Kolluri — who in late 2016 stepped down as a general partner with NEA after 11-years with the investing giant to form the much smaller, much earlier-stage outfit Neotribe — has close

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Legal clouds gather over US cloud services, after CJEU ruling

In the wake of yesterday’s landmark ruling by Europe’s top court — striking down a flagship transatlantic data transfer framework called Privacy Shield, and cranking up the legal unc

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Russian cyberops are targeting COVID-19 vaccine R&D, intelligence agencies warn

Western intelligence agencies say they’ve found evidence that Russian cyber espionage is targeting efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine in a number of countries.In an advisory report, the UK

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Global Business Daily: ECB urges crisis fund move, China growth

"It is important for the European leaders to quickly agree on an ambitious package."That was Christine Lagarde, speaking in Frankfurt today. The European fiscal capital was the setting for the latest

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Daily Crunch: Twitter hacked in crypto scam

A Twitter hack hits the platform’s most famous users, Netflix gets a co-CEO and Revel’s mopeds are coming to San Francisco. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 16, 2020.The big story:

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Twitter says ‘no evidence’ passwords were stolen during hack, but no word on DMs

Twitter has said that there is “no evidence” that attackers obtained user account passwords after its security breach on Wednesday, which forced the company to lock down user accounts to

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CRV has closed its newest fund with the same amount as its previous fund; “We’re making a statement”

CRV, the early-stage venture firm that is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, has just closed its newest fund with $600 million in capital commitments. The firm asserts that it garnered the pl

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Instagram confirms its TikTok rival, Reels, will launch in the US in early August

Instagram confirmed it’s preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video feature — which is designed specifically for

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Twitter introduces a new, fully rebuilt developer API, launching next week

Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday’s sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it’s continuing to move forward with its plans to roll out a new version of its dev

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Europe’s top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism

A highly anticipated ruling by Europe’s top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield.#ECJ: the Decision on the adequacy of the pr

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U.S. Oklahoma governor tests positive for coronavirus

The governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma said Wednesday that he tested positive for novel coronavirus, becoming the first governor to publicly confirm infection sinc

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Brazil's Bolsonaro gets new positive coronavirus test result

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday he has tested positive for the new coronavirus for a second time, following his July 7 announcement that he had COVID-